I am extremely proud and humbled to be amongst this year’s recipients of NAMM’s prestigious “Believe In Music Award” presented by Joe Lamond President CEO of NAMM and NAMM’s Historian and Archivist Dan Del Fiorentino and Tony Arambarri –

I was speaking with Roy Burns who told me he has attended NAMM every year since 1960, and he’s looking great!

*see photo – Frank Alkyer & Kevin Maher publishers of DownBeat Magazine and NAMM Daily among other publications, a list will become available soon – thank you for this beautiful and meaningful award! Sincerely, Jon Hammond

I love to see Bernard Purdie smile – I’ll never forget one time when we did a one hour radio interview on Radio KALX in California, Bernard said something I’ll never forget: “Music is supposed to be…Happy!” *Youtube of the interview folks: http://youtu.be/GYg4v91bg1A – Jon Hammond Band on NAMM Center Patio Stage, Anaheim CA — with Bernard Purdie at NAMM Anaheim Convention Center